RD Rally Club - WRC Rally Monte Carlo - Rally1 at The Monte 25th to 30th January 2024

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

So here we are! The opening round of the WRC-season. Rally Monte Carlo. I guess for the WRC-round events, it might be better to use the Rally2 cars as they are a more perfect mix between user friendly and quick. However. Rally1 and Monte Carlo... It has to be a bit of a challenge as well, no?

Session Open: 25th of January 00:00 GMT to 30th of January 00:00GMT
Cars: Rally 1
Itinerary: Wintertime, so more ice on the roads.
Shakedown & 45 Min Service *Pinky Pro Tip: Do 1 Shakedown run to get 1 extra set of tyres!*
SS1: Moissiere - Morning - Clear - 8.2km
SS2: Ravin de Coste Belle - Morning - Clear - 8.6km
SS3: La Bollene-Vesubie - Morning - Col de Turini - Clear - 9.2km
Service - 45 Min
SS4: La Maris - Afternoon - Light Clouds - 9.3km
SS5: Ancelle - Afternoon - Light Clouds - 8.0km
SS6: Ravin de Coste Belle - Afternoon - Cloudy - 8.6km
Service - 45 Min
SS7: Les Borels - Night - Light Snow - 8.6km
SS8: Peira Cava - La Bollene-Vesubie - Night - Light Snow - 18.2km


Assists & Tuning: Allowed
Hardcore Damage: On!

Have fun! and good luck!

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You can also read more about the Rally Club here.

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

today the real life rally ran Sst.Leger to La Batie, which is in the game, twice as stage3 and stage6 of this year's Monte Carlo. here are the real life lap times stage3:

there was still ice on the roads, three of the rally1 cars went off in always the same turn.

lap times stage 6:

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

did the first three stages and got super lucky middle of stage 2. I must have completely not reacted to a co-driver call, going full tilt into what looked like a "two right" in the replay. In real life, I would have been toast, here the game just reset me with 15 sec. penalty and a blissfully intact car. Phew. I have no clue how to tackle the ice, but that's another story ...

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

did the first three stages and got super lucky middle of stage 2. I must have completely not reacted to a co-driver call, going full tilt into what looked like a "two right" in the replay. In real life, I would have been toast, here the game just reset me with 15 sec. penalty and a blissfully intact car. Phew. I have no clue how to tackle the ice, but that's another story ...

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I love the livery!

 

[David Mann]

I did a test run for practice, not sure about tire strategy. Save the winters for stints 2 and 3? The last stage is brutal on worn tires.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

I did a test run for practice, not sure about tire strategy. Save the winters for stints 2 and 3? The last stage is brutal on worn tires.

Ah. I set up the rally with the idea that tyre strategy could be a thing that separates a bit.
I didn't think about the limited sets of tyres in it. Heh. Interesting!

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

thx for callout @David Mann . I will now save one winter set for the final stage and use the already used one for today. No way I am going to try the normal softs, it's slippery enough as it is ...

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

I love the livery!

Yes, Codemaster finally made the livery editor work for us guys with an old 10xy nvidia chip. Now they need to wise up twice: first - let us be able to put the chosen team name and logo from the career mode on the cars; and second: give us a button that duplicates what you did on the right side with one click onto the left side. It's quite tedious doing everything twice and you never totally get it right ...

 

[Hartmut2]

Its the first time i had massive stuttering. at stage 2 at the worst Spot. Breaking for a slow left the game freezed and the next Thing i saw was me in a flying car.
Result: Im out !

 

[David Mann]

Well, that was terrible. Had a couple offs in Stage 1 at places I knew I needed to slow down, then went off the side of the mountain at the beginning of Stage 2 (probably at the same spot as @Hartmut2) and that was that. No stutters for me, just overcooked it with no grip (so much for my Soft tire strategy).

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

next three stages in the bag, sooo slow on ice. I try to find as much snow as possible because: how on earth do you fast guys actually steer on the ice? no way. had two spins, one on ice and one on the degrading snow tires at the dry end of the stage6, they were really shot. Also: The game nixed my skin: when I rejoined today, to my great surprise I had a snow version of my car, lovely monochromatic?!:

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

then went off the side of the mountain at the beginning of Stage 2 (probably at the same spot as @Hartmut2) and that was that.

I made a short youtube video from the Rally "Corsica" we did in the club early, where I think only a couple of guys actually finished the rally. Due to one stage having some scary corners.
A comment on that video mentioned something about "so, you haven't tried that left-corner at Monte Carlo then"...

Soo, was it a left corner?

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

next three stages in the bag, sooo slow on ice. I try to find as much snow as possible because: how on earth do you fast guys actually steer on the ice?

Handbrake and POWER!

Or... that was DR and DR2.0. We'll see when I do the rally if I'm quick or not on the ice

 

[David Mann]

I made a short youtube video from the Rally "Corsica" we did in the club early, where I think only a couple of guys actually finished the rally. Due to one stage having some scary corners.
A comment on that video mentioned something about "so, you haven't tried that left-corner at Monte Carlo then"...

Soo, was it a left corner?

Yep, left 2 over crest (more like a 1 really), went straight off flying down the steep hill instead, terminal damage. Could've hit the sign to save it maybe.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Yep, left 2 over crest (more like a 1 really), went straight off flying down the steep hill instead, terminal damage. Could've hit the sign to save it maybe.

Had to check the comment I got...

Sounds like the same corner!

 

[Roy Magnes]

I'll try to survive that evil left hander in 10-ish minutes

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[Roy Magnes]

Well, I didn't survive... Things happen way too fast for my brain to keep up when driving these Rally 1 cars. Flew off the road about 1 minute into stage 2, I don't think the car has landed yet...

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

Did the final two, and man - Ole - you make us sweat. In the end I just wanted to survive. I cannot believe one would actually let these cars out on such pure ice roads as the second to last stage in real life. Don't they use studs anymore? Anyway, couple of spins and half spins, banged into those low walls couple of times using the radiator as crunch zone, just glad, I made it throgh. That was - so far - the most demanding event, thx for setting it up, very curious how many will make it through ...

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Don't they use studs anymore?

They do. But not Rally Sweden studs at Monte! ^^

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

I still haven't done the rally, but some days ago I did some of the "Moments".
Is this the corner which is the issue in the rally? (video is timestamped, and if it for some reason jumps to an earlier point, 1:16:43 in the vid)